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Sermons for Every Season

I've been preaching for more than three decades: from pulpits and funeral homes to gravesides, and at weddings in banquet halls, orchards, and on beaches. Every sermon here is one I wrote and preached myself, and I still love the whole process, from the first read of the text to the final amen.

The sermons don't stand alone. You'll see buttons that will take you to specific Bible book commentary hubs. I hope you find this resource helpful as you study, pray, and write for God's glory.

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Study the Text, Then Preach It

Several books of the Bible have their own commentary hub, with verse-by-verse notes, chapter outlines, and the historical background behind the text. Open a section below and look for the Study the Text buttons.

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Latest Sermons

New sermons appear here as they are preached, about twice a month.

Sermons by Season

The church year tells the story of Jesus from expectation to fulfillment. Open a season to see its sermons, or go straight to the full season page.

Advent, Christmas & Epiphany

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Waiting, incarnation, and light for the nations, from the first candle of Advent to the mountaintop of the Transfiguration.

Sermons
Advent Sermon: If You Don’t Like the Harvest Then . . . Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness Grace Grows in the Family Tree Joseph: The Daring (and Quiet) Strength of Christmas Courage in a Complicated World The Night That Changed Everything: Christmas Sermon Jesus, the Word: Infinite and Intimate (John 1:1-14 Sermon) Listening to the Voice that Names Us (Baptism Sermon, Luke 3:21-22)

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Lent

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Forty days of honesty, repentance, and returning to God, following the lectionary texts from the wilderness to the edge of Jerusalem.

Sermons
Stages of Knowing: From Creation to Christ (Psalm 19 Sermon) Nicodemus Sermon: Curiosity and Conviction Cutting Covenant with Abraham -Genesis 15 Sam Cooke Sang Me the Gospel I Was Blind, But Now I See (John 9 Sermon) The Beautiful Budding Faith of Nicodemus (Sermon on John 3) Woman at the Well (Sermon on John 4:5-42)

Holy Week & Easter

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The upper room, the cross, the empty tomb, and the risen Christ at work among his people through the Easter season.

Sermons
Acts 1 Sermon: Strange and Familiar Acts 7 Sermon: Stephen’s Testimony When You Are the Answer to Prayer - Acts 9 Sermon Acts 16:16-34 Sermon: Sideways Salvation What is the Best Ability? (John 14:23-29; Acts 16:9-15 Sermon) Why We Choose Barabbas (Luke 23:13-25 Sermon) Easter Sermon: Breakfast with Jesus on Resurrection Beach Figuring Out Faith: Jesus Sought Me as a Stranger

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Pentecost

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The gift of the Spirit, the birth of the church, and what God does with scattered, ordinary people.

Sermons
The Aftermath of the Spirit: Pentecost Sermon Pentecost Sermon: What the Holy Spirit Can Do Hey Now, Sermons Make Disastrous Towers Trusting and Trying in a Very Big God (John 14 Sermon)

Ordinary Time

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The long green season: parables, discipleship, and the slow work of growing in faith one Sunday at a time.

Sermons
Reclaiming Ought (A Matthew 16 Sermon) Matthew 16:13-20 Meaning: Did the Messiah Just Yell at Me? The Drought and the Drowning The Strength to Disappoint: Finding Freedom in Matthew 11 The Worst Thing We Could Be Stay in the Field: Parable of the Sower Sermon (Matthew 13) What Do You Call This Place? The Rich Man and Lazarus: What Profits Hide and Prophets See (Amos 6:1, 4–7; Luke 16:19–23; 1 Timothy 6:11–19)

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All Saints & Christ the King

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Remembering the faithful who have gone before us and proclaiming the reign of Christ at the close of the church year.

Sermons
All Saints Sunday Sermon Valley of the Six Shadows (Revelation 21 Sermon) God with a Tattoo (Revelation 21 Funeral Sermon)

Sermons by Scripture

Every sermon begins with a text. Open a section for the sermons on it and the commentary hubs that go deeper into the same books.

The Old Testament

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Genesis, the Psalms, the prophets, and the wisdom books, read as Christian Scripture without losing their own voice.

Sermons
The Drought and the Drowning What Do You Call This Place? Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness The Rich Man and Lazarus: What Profits Hide and Prophets See (Amos 6:1, 4–7; Luke 16:19–23; 1 Timothy 6:11–19) Mercy and Justice Sermon Jeremiah 1 Sermon: Our Shaky Selves and God’s Unshakableness The Heart of Wisdom: Motherhood as Sacred Formation - Sermon for Mother’s Day The Anchor Holds: Fatherhood as Sacred Trust (Sermon for Father’s Day)

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The Gospels & Acts

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Sermons on the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and on the Spirit-filled church that carried the story to the ends of the earth.

Study the Text: Commentary Hubs
The Gospel of Matthew The Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Luke The Gospel of John The Book of Acts
Sermons
Reclaiming Ought (A Matthew 16 Sermon) Matthew 16:13-20 Meaning: Did the Messiah Just Yell at Me? The Drought and the Drowning The Strength to Disappoint: Finding Freedom in Matthew 11 The Worst Thing We Could Be Where Am I in the Story? (Funeral Sermon using The Prodigal Son) Acts 1 Sermon: Strange and Familiar Stay in the Field: Parable of the Sower Sermon (Matthew 13)

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Epistles & Revelation

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The letters to the early churches and the vision of all things made new.

Study the Text: Commentary Hubs
Ephesians Philippians 1 John Revelation
Sermons
Reclaiming Ought (A Matthew 16 Sermon) The Drought and the Drowning The Rich Man and Lazarus: What Profits Hide and Prophets See (Amos 6:1, 4–7; Luke 16:19–23; 1 Timothy 6:11–19) Mercy and Justice Sermon Funeral Sermon for Dementia or Alzheimer’s: We Are Remembered by God Funeral Sermon: Psalm 23 and Revelation 21 Funeral Sermon: The Gift of Life and the Grace of Christ What Does God Think of Me? Ephesians 1 and Psalm 24 Sermon

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Sermons for Funerals and Weddings

Some of the most important preaching happens outside the Sunday service, at gravesides and at altars.

Funeral Sermons

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Sermons for services of witness to the resurrection, written for real grief and real hope: a life cut short, dementia, Parkinson's, and long friendships.

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Where Am I in the Story? (Funeral Sermon using The Prodigal Son) Funeral Sermon for a Life Cut Short: God’s Compassion in Our Deepest Pain Funeral Sermon for Dementia or Alzheimer’s: We Are Remembered by God Funeral Sermon for Someone with Parkinson’s and Questions About Faith Funeral Sermon: Psalm 23 and Revelation 21 Funeral Sermon: The Gift of Life and the Grace of Christ Valley of the Six Shadows (Revelation 21 Sermon) For Patti: Friendship, Care, and Commitment Sermon

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Wedding Sermons

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Sermons and homilies for Christian weddings, from a few minutes at the altar to a full message on covenant love, written for ceremonies in sanctuaries, banquet halls, orchards, and on beaches.

Plan the Ceremony
Christian Wedding Ceremony Resources
Sermons
A Christian Wedding Sermon: Trusting the Covenant A Christian Wedding Sermon: Love as Christ Loved the Church A Short Christian Wedding Sermon Wedding Sermon on Genesis 2 Wedding Sermon on Ruth 1:16-17 Wedding Sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 Homily for a Wedding Wedding Homily
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